NASA Chief Vents Frustration in Leaked E-mailNASA chief Michael Griffin lamented the mandated 2010 retirement of the agency's space shuttle fleet and the all-too-likely possibility that U.S. astronauts will be absent from the International Space Station for extended periods in the future in a leaked e-mail intended for top advisors China sets dates for space launchChina will launch its third manned space mission in late September,state-run news agency Xinhua reports.The Shenzhou VII flight will feature China's first ever space walk,which will be broadcast live with cameras inside and outside the spacecraft Vladimir Putin set to bait US with nuclear aid for TehranRussia is considering increasing its assistance to Iran’s nuclear programme in response to America’s calls for Nato expansion eastwards and the presence of US Navy vessels in the Black Sea delivering aid to Georgia A solar wind stream hit EarthLance Parrish,Skiland Alaska,20 miles NE of Fairbanks Sep.6,2008 Asteroid Steins:A diamond in spaceThe first images from Rosetta's OSIRIS imaging system and VIRTIS infrared spectrometer were derived from raw data this morning and have delivered spectacular results First Rosetta/OSIRIS images of asteroid SteinsImages of asteroid Steins,taken by the OSIRIS camera during the fly-by,were presented at a press conference today,6 September 5th Spitzer Science ConferenceNew Light on Young Stars:Spitzer's View of Circumstellar Disks" to be held October 26-30 2008 in Pasadena,CA Jules Verne cargo ship departs the space stationEurope's first state-of-the-art Automated Transfer Vehicle departed the international space station today after a five-month stay that delivered more than 10,000 pounds of cargo to the complex Mars Water Mystery SurfacesNew data from Mars' surface is puzzling NASA scientists:A fork-like probe on the Phoenix Mars Lander has sensed changes in humidity in the Martian air,but finds the dirt below perplexingly dry CERN reiterates safety of LHC on eve of first beamA report published today in the peer reviewed Journal of Physics G:Nuclear and Particle Physics provides comprehensive evidence that safety fears about the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) are unfounded.The LHC is CERN’s new flagship research facility.As the world’s highest energy particle accelerator,it is poised to provide new insights into the mysteries of our universe Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko Closest Approach To EarthFor more details look at the Orbit Diagram Hubble mission delayed 2 days due to stormsNASA has delayed next month's space shuttle launch to the Hubble Space Telescope by two days.Tropical Storms Fay and Hanna have held up operations at Kennedy Space Center FAA investigating 11 air carriers on safety issuesFederal aviation officials said Friday they are investigating 17 cases in which 11 air carriers did not comply with government safety directives.The cases were uncovered during a major effort by the Federal Aviation Administration to verify whether air carriers follow the agency's safety orders as required Could a spy satellite identify any of us from our shadow?Spy satellites could soon be able to identify someone from space by looking at their shadow.They would use a computer program that searches for the movement of shadows on the ground,and then identifies their owners from the way they walk.The technique-called gait analysis -relies on the fact that someone's walking style is very difficult to disguise Earth Explorer User Consultation Meeting 20-21 January 2009As a critical input to the decision making process which will lead to a recommendation from the Earth Science Advisory Committee to the Agency on what mission candidates to select for feasibility studies,the scientific community is invited to attend the Earth Explorer User Consultation Meeting that will take place at the Belém Cultural Centre in Lisbon,Portugal on 20-21 January 2009 Crew Continues Preparing ATV for UndockingThe Expedition 17 crew of the International Space Station continued to prepare the Jules Verne Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) for its undocking Friday.The crew readied and tested the ATV’s proximity communications equipment Wednesday in preparation for its undocking from the aft port of the Zvezda service module Closest Look Ever at the Edge of a Black HoleAstronomers have taken the closest look ever at the giant black hole in the center of the Milky Way.By combining telescopes in Hawaii,Arizona,and California,they detected structure at a tiny angular scale of 37 micro-arcseconds-the equivalent of a baseball seen on the surface of the moon,240,000 miles distant.These observations are among the highest resolution ever done in astronomy Scientists Develop New Method To Investigate Origin Of LifeScientists at Penn State have developed a new computational method that they say will help them to understand how life began on Earth.The team's method has the potential to trace the evolutionary histories of proteins all the way back to either cells or viruses,thus settling the debate once and for all over which of these life forms came first The mystery of the year 2012Well there is something for all in store and the people living till the due date of Dec 21,2012 must be compelled to know what lies in it Strange Clouds Spotted at the Edge of SpaceA weirdly wonderful sight appeared to astronauts aboard the International Space Station this summer—thin blue clouds hovering at the boundary between Earth's atmosphere and the void Sun experiences first spotless month in a centuryThe sun has reached a milestone not seen for nearly 100 years:an entire month has passed without a single visible sunspot being noted.The event is significant as many climatologists now believe solar magnetic activity–which determines the number of sunspots-is an influencing factor for climate on earth Russia may push forward with S-300 sales to IranRussia may proceed with plans to sell advanced S-300 air defense systems to Iran under a secret contract believed to have been signed in 2005,a Russian analyst said on Monday Space satnavThe most accurate way of navigating on Earth is to use the Global Positioning System(GPS)–a receiver reads the signals broadcast by at least three orbiting satellites and calculates its position to within a few metres on Earth 7th anniversary of sept 11thThe main ceremonies will be at three sites of the attacks,but most town and cities throughout the United States will observe the anniversary.A moment of silence will be observed at 1246 GMT,the exact time when the first plane hit the twin towers.If the New York ceremony follows previous years,it will have two pauses to mark the moments when the two planes crashed into the twin towers,and two more to mark the moments when the buildings collapsed.One of many conspiracy theories proposes that the buildings came down in a manner consistent with a "controlled demolition" Climbing Out of a CraterA year after descending into Victoria crater,NASA's Mars Exploration rover Opportunity is heading back out.Opportunity will now continue making important scientific observations on the martian plains Aurora WatchA solar wind stream is heading for Earth,due to arrive on Sept.3rd or 4th.High latitude sky watchers should be alert for auroras on those dates Man Accused In Obama Threat Appears In CourtOfficials say Gartrell and two other men had talked about killing Obama.The U.S. attorney's office has said the men were drug users who made racist threats,but had no firm assassination plot and no ability to carry one out Space station computer virus raises security concernsEarlier this month,cosmonauts on the International Space Station discovered a computer worm that had hitched a ride from Earth on a laptop.The bug turned out to be benign,but the fact that it got on board has raised concerns about the space station's vulnerability to such digital intruders.New Scientist takes a closer look NASA Phoenix Mission Conducting Extended Activities On MarsNASA's Phoenix Mars Lander,having completed its 90-day primary mission,is continuing its science collection activities.Science and engineering teams are looking forward to at least another month of Martian exploration Cluster watches Earth’s leaky atmosphereOxygen is constantly leaking out of Earth’s atmosphere and into space.Now,ESA’s formation-flying quartet of satellites,Cluster,has discovered the physical mechanism that is driving the escape.It turns out that the Earth’s own magnetic field is accelerating the oxygen away Rosetta Spacecraft On Its Way To Meet Asteroid SteinsESA’s Rosetta spacecraft will make a historic encounter with asteroid(2867) Steins on 5 September 2008 NASA studies extending shuttle to 2015NASA's staff will study whether the space shuttle program could continue operating past its scheduled retirement in 2010,according to an internal e-mail sent this week. Google closes deal with GeoEyeGoogle has signed a deal under which GeoEye will supply the search giant with imagery from a satellite due to launch in coming days,the companies said.Under the deal, Google is the exclusive online mapping site that may use the imagery,said Mark Brender,vice president of corporate communications and marketing.Google uses satellite imagery in its Google Maps and Google Earth product Scientists Solve 30-year-old Aurora Borealis MysteryWhat causes the shimmering,ethereal Northern Lights to suddenly brighten and dance in a spectacular burst of colorful light and rapid movement? Hacker Gary McKinnon extradited to the USGary McKinnon,a computer expert who hacked into dozens of US military computers,lost his appeal to the European court of human rights today and faces extradition to the US in the next fortnight,his solicitor said.McKinnon has fought a long battle with authorities over his extradition to the US, which has dubbed him the "the world's most dangerous hacker Evidence true colors MarsInvestigation shows that there are several indications that the NASA is tampering with the colors,and changes them from an Earth-like environment into a red inhospitable environment Incoming AsteroidsThe asteroid Apophis could hit the Earth in 2036,so should we prepare? Space scientists are starting with a mission to rendezvous with the rock in space.The 390m-wide Apophis had been tracked on and off since its discovery in June 2004. In December that year, it started causing astronomers serious concern - projecting its future orbit,they calculated that it had a 1 in 37 chance of hitting the Earth in 2029 Ancient texts go digital with space-age imaging techScientists using American space technology have started a huge project to digitalise the Dead Sea Scrolls,the oldest known version of the Hebrew Bible,and post in on the internet for all to see,said an Israeli Antiquities Authority official The Collapse of World Trade Center 7:Why the Building Fell(video)The fall of the 47-story World Trade Center building 7(WTC 7)in New York City late in the afternoon of Sept.11,2001,was primarily due to fires,the Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced today following an extensive,three-year scientific and technical building and fire safety investigation.This was the first known instance of fire causing the total collapse of a tall building,the agency stated as it released for public comment its WTC investigation report and 13 recommendations for improving building and fire safety Google and NasaNASA Ames Research Center located in the heart of California’s Silicon Valley and Mountain View-based Google Inc. today announced plans to collaborate on a number of technology-focused research-and-development activities that will couple some of Earth’s most powerful technology resources.Google and NASA share a common desire-to bring a universe of information to people around the world,said Eric Schmidt,Google chief executive officer.Imagine having a wide selection of images from the Apollo space mission at your fingertips whenever you want it. That's just one small example of how this collaboration could help broaden technology's role in making the world a better place Quantum Physics Gets "Spooky"This might be a rare case about which Einstein was wrong.More than 60 years ago,the great physicist scoffed at the idea that anything could travel faster than light,even though quantum mechanics had suggested such a condition Bin Laden brother unveils £100bn plan for world's longest bridgeIt sounds like a joke.The brother of the world's most famous terrorist wants to build the world's longest suspension bridge,linking two continents across the world's most dangerous waters CERN announces start-up date world’s most powerful particle acceleratorCERN has today announced that the first attempt to circulate a beam in the Large Hadron Collider(LHC) will be made on 10 September.This news comes as the cool down phase of commissioning CERN’s new particle accelerator reaches a successful conclusion 1‚2‚3‚4‚ |
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